Improved washing machine



@Hitlers gisting @anni @frn JAMES LAMB, OF HUBBARDSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 57,125,dated July 23, 1867.

IMPROYED WASHING MACHINE.

TO ALL PERSONS TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME: A

Be it known that I, JAMES LAMB, of Hnbbardston, in the county ofWorcester, and Stat-e of Massachusetts, have invented a-n improvedMachine for Washing Clothes; and dohereby declare the same to be fullydescribed in the following specification, and represented intheaccompanying drawings, of Which- Figure l is avvertical section ofit, and

Figure 2 a perspective view of its shaft and the cross and arms andhandle thereof.

In such drawings, A denotes u. circular tub provided with u cover, B.Through the said cover, and so as to extend above and below it, a shaft,C, is carried, it being free to revolve in the cover, and beingsupported thereby. On the upper end of the shaft a. handle or bra-ke, D,is fixed at right angles to the shaft. On' the lower end or foot of theshaft is a. cross, E, formed of two wooden bars a a, arranged at rightangles` to one another :xt their middles, and there fixed to the shaft.From or near each end of the cross a pin, E, projects vertically, orthereabouts, and nearly down to the bottom of the tub, when the cover isin place o`n the top of such tub. Y

To operate the machine, when water, soap, and clothes are placedwithin-the tub, a person has only to lay hold of the handle with bothhands, and move it so as to impart to the shaft `andcross `areciprocating rotary motion. This will cause the clothes to be movedwithin the tub` and in the meanwhile to be washed.

This machine, though simple in construction, is verlvY eilici'ent in itsAope-ration'.

I claim as my invention- The said washing machine, as composed of thetub A, the cover B, the shaft C, the handle D, the cross E, and the pinsF, combined and arranged in manner and so as to operate substantially asdescribed.

JAMES LAMB.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr.

